Police respond to early morning shooting at a crowded nightclub in Montgomery with multiple victims (Updated)

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Montgomery Police Department officers and emergency personnel responded to the scene of a nightclub shooting early this morning.

Multiple bursts were fired at the crowded Rose Supper Club, located in the 900 block of Highland Avenue near downtown Montgomery shortly after 1 a.m.

Police arrived on the scene within minutes -- since the shooting occurred less than one mile from MPD headquarters -- and blocked the High and South Jackson Street intersection and around Highland and Ross Street. Six victims were quickly transported to Jackson Hospital for treatment and all but one, who is undergoing surgery, have been released. At least one victim was female in her 20s or 30s. There is no information whether there were any fatalities.

“Everything was quiet until I heard the gunshots and I fell to the ground like everyone else,” a witness said.

A stray bullet was lodged in the dashboard of an attendee’s SUV parked across the street from the bar after entering through the front windshield.

At least four additional vehicles were damaged, two severely, and were bumper-to-bumper to each other.

There is no additional information at this time as MPD conducts their investigation.

Updated at 7:33 a.m. to specify that there were six victims taken to Jackson Hospital and all but one have been released.